Allen
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Ohio USA
On the competition front:
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GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Will Be Landing Around PAX East (March 10th) According To NVIDIA AIB Employee
..In what appears to be a textbook case of game theory applied to the two chip manufacturers, NVIDIA has pushed back the date of release to put some more polish on the GTX 1080 Ti as they wait for AMD to make a move and enjoy a couple more months of GTX 1080 holding the performance crown uncontested..
..it makes no sense for NVIDIA to reveal the 1080 Ti now, and cannibalize sales of the TITAN X..
..the Vega GPU will offer higher performance than the GTX 1080 – which means NVIDIA needs to respond with a consumer variant that offers comparable or higher performance immediately or before the fact, or risk losing market share. One thing is for sure though, Vega’s pricing will definitely increase the purchasing power of the average gamer. If Vega is priced correctly, (and there is no reason to assume it won’t be), then it will force NVIDIA to slash pricing on the GTX 1080 and offer the GTX 1080 Ti for a premium, because at the end of the day when the dust settles on a pricing war, the consumer wins...
The interesting viewpoint of this article: Without AMD, Intel and Nvidia would be releasing new stuff MUCH more slowly and charging MUCH more for it. Nvidia fans need AMD -- AMD fans need Nvidia and Intel.
